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Philadelphia Teacher Turned Citizen Mission into a Joke

pgt Wrote: Oct 11, 2012 1:32 AM
Of course Lynette Gaymon should be fired for cause, willful misconduct. And decertified, at a minimum. Will she even be suspended for any significant length of time? Not likely.
The mission statement of Philadelphia's Charles Carroll High School, displayed prominently on its website, offers a hopeful vision of an educational institution:

“Providing all students with the academic, technological & social skills needed to be productive & contributing citizens in our society.”

This week, the specific mention of “social skills” and citizenship likely sounds like mockery to Charles Carroll sophomore Samantha Pawlucy and her family.

In an episode that has prompted national attention, Samantha was the victim of intimidation by her geometry teacher, Lynette Gaymon, who claims...
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